What is the population of Aguascalientes?
Aguascalientes has a city population of 722,250. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Mexico · North America
Aguascalientes
City population
722,250
#24
in Mexico
#1
in Aguascalientes
#767
worldwide
21.883, -102.284 · 427 km from Mexico City
About Aguascalientes
At an elevation of 1,885 m, Aguascalientes has a population of 722,250 and ranks 24th among Mexico's 625 listed cities. The city accounts for 0.5% of Mexico's national population and lies 427 km from Mexico City. Jesús María, the nearest listed city, sits 11 km away with a population of 43,012.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 6
Elevation
1,885 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Mexico_City
Coordinates
21.883, -102.284
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 625 in MexicoClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Aguascalientes | 722K |
Aguascalientes Population FAQ
Where is Aguascalientes?
Aguascalientes is in Aguascalientes, Mexico, 427 km from the capital, Mexico City. Its coordinates are 21.883, -102.284.
How big is Aguascalientes compared with other cities in Mexico?
It is the 24th largest of the 625 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Mexico, holding 0.5% of the national population.